As 49ers eye Super Bowl, there are questions they must start answering next week (paywall)
“Quarterback Brock Purdy thought he recognized a red zone concept when he sat down to watch Tampa Bay Buccaneers film with new receiver Mike Evans. But he was quickly corrected.
“I’m so excited because (Evans) sees the game, I feel, like a quarterback does,” Purdy told a crowd at a Dwight Clark Legacy Series event Wednesday night. “Sometimes with skill players, it’s tough because they run their route, ‘Coach
taught me, 8 yards, I’m breaking this way or that way.’
“But when you get a guy that can see the game like a quarterback and have a feel for it, those are the kind of guys that I think take their game to the next level, and you get a Hall of Famer like Mike Evans.”
49ers rookie De’Zhaun Stribling making a strong early impression
“Just watching him go through drills and seeing the explosion, the acceleration from a guy of his size, and the way he’s able to open up his stride so quickly, that really stood out to me,” Juszczyk said on The Rich Eisen Show. “It really impressed me.”
49ers veteran Kyle Juszczyk praises rookie Kaelon Black’s impressive physique
“Malik Mustapha walks around in the locker room, and this dude’s just like an absolute ball of muscle,” Juszczyk said. “You can’t believe he plays safety. He’s one of the biggest dudes you’ve ever seen.
“And this week, Kaelon’s walking around with his shirt off. I’m like, ‘Malik, you’ve got major competition now.’ I think this might be the new most muscular guy in our locker room. So hopefully, he plays as good as he looks.”
“I’ve seen highlight clips of his running and been super impressed,” Juszczyk said. “And I know people have kind of mentioned that he didn’t catch a lot of passes at Indiana, but you wouldn’t be able to tell that based on what you see on the practice field.
“He looks very natural running his routes, very natural hands, and I think he’s going to fit in just perfectly.”
49ers vs. Raiders preseason finale receives official kickoff time
“Until now, the only confirmed kickoff time among the three exhibition games was the matchup against the Chargers, which is scheduled for 7 p.m. PT. However, the start time for the preseason finale against the Raiders has now been revealed as well.
According to the Raiders’ official website, the 49ers-Raiders preseason matchup is scheduled to kick off at 5 p.m. PT on Thursday, August 27.”
Legendary linemen Harris Barton, Randy Cross discuss 49ers’ O-line philosophy
“The way the game is now, kids in college, they really don’t know how to play offensive line,” Barton said. “And when they get into the pros, they need to develop. They need to learn how to play the offense that they’re in. I was happy I got drafted early, but I don’t think it makes a lot of sense these days.”
Barton said he believes — all things being equal — it makes more sense to invest in players on the other side of the line of scrimmage.
“But on defense, you take a guy like Bryant Young, and a guy like Charles Haley,” Barton said. “Those guys are predators. You can’t teach that tenacity.”
